Authorities have alleged that on Dec. 22, Lee snatched a Rolex worth more than $18,000 inside a Tourneau store in the Garden City shopping center, showed a handgun and tried to flee.

But authorities also have said the store’s security guard, a retired NYPD detective sergeant, stopped the gunman and got into a violent struggle during which a round was fired from Lee’s gun, striking a 67-year-old mall worker in the shoulder.

Police said two unarmed mall security guards helped restrain Lee and an off-duty NYPD inspector also helped handcuff the man.